沫雪 千里零敷 恋為来 食永我 見偲
あわゆきは ちへにふりしけ こひしくの けながきわれは みつつしのはむ
| apayuki pa tipe ni purisike kopisiku no kenagaki ware pa mitutu sinopamu | Snow-spume Falls all around in layers by the thousand, Deeply in love For many a day, I Ever do I gaze on it, and think of you… |
The above poem appears in the Kakinomoto no hitomaro Collection.
[One of] Five love poems in a Twenty Poem Sequence composed in his retreat in Kenryaku 2 [1212].
あらち山やた野の浅茅色付きぬ人の心の峰の淡雪
| arachiyama yatano no asaji irozukinu hito no kokoro no mine no awayuki | By Arachi Mountain, In Yata meadow the cogon grass Has taken on passion’s hues, but My lady’s heart is A peak covered in snow-spume. |
Ietaka
Topic unknown.
まきもくのひばらのいまだくもらねば小松が原にあは雪ぞふる
| makimoku no hibara mo imada kumoraneba komatsu ga hara ni awayuki zo furu | In Makimoku The cypress groves are as yet Unclouded, but Upon the dwarf-pine groves Snow spume is falling! |
Middle Counsellor Yakamochi
Fresh herbs in the snow.
わかなつむ衣手ぬれてかた岡のあしたのはらにあは雪ぞふる
| wakana tsumu koromode nurete kataoka no ashita no hara ni awayuki zo furu | Picking fresh herbs, My sleeves are soaked, for In Kataoka Upon the plain of Ashita Falls a froth of snow. |
Composed on the conception of lingering snow, for the Hundred Poem Sequences Commemorating the Reign of Former Emperor Horikawa.
かすがのゝしたもえわたるくさのうへにつれなくみゆる春のあは雪
| kasugano no shitamoewataru kusa no ue ni tsurenaku miyuru haru no awayuki |
On the plain at Kasuga Sprouting freshly everywhere are Grasses, but atop them Heartlessly, I see The foamy snow of spring! |
Provisional Middle Councillor Kunizane